3 Elmhurst Officers Hurt In Car Chase

December 09, 1985

Three Elmhurst police officers were injured as they and other officers in the west suburb tried to curb a Logan Square man who allegedly was driving a stolen car on an expressway, police said Sunday. The officers, who were not identified, were injured when their squad cars were rammed by a Cadillac they were trying to halt on Int. Hwy. 290 Saturday evening. None of the officers needed hospital treatment, police said. The man who police said was driving the car was identified as Julio Rodriquez, 18, of 3046 W. Fullerton Ave. Rodriguez was charged with aggravated battery, auto theft and fleeing and eluding a police officer.